operation   contrasting valkyrie   
      in the sixties.  the central    
  intelligence agency "cia"  release  
   aerosolized  selatenine  over  a   
  jupiter equinox  concert, creating  
   the largest secret paradigm shift  
  that  the world  has  ever seen.  
  
                                          
 the jupiter equinox* concert  is part of 
 a  festival in black tickle arranged  by 
 a group called  epicenter of love. there 
 is   no   entrance   but  visitors   are 
 expected to  help with maintenance. food 
 and drink  is  shared.  many  bands  are 
 playing over  the four day course of the 
 festival,  and the stage is open between 
 scheduled   concerts.   jupiter equinox, 
 while an unknown act, has a  prestigious 
 timeslot at eight in the  evening on the 
 third  day,  which  is  friday.       
                                          
 eight is also  when  the plane  used  to 
 spread  the   aerosol   lifts   off.  it 
 arrives  at the festival about a quarter 
 past,  sound  masked   by  the  concert. 
 around    when   the   first   wave   of 
 selatenine   must   have   reached   the 
 audience, the song comes to  a tense but 
 quiet  movement,  and  the  lead  singer 
 walks  to   the   front  of  the  stage. 
                                          
 she says,  with a  crystalline voice: "i 
 have something to  tell you. i am not  a 
 human  being. i am  not  an animal or  a 
 plant.  i have  been  sent  to deliver a 
 message to you. a message  of hope.  you 
 are not alone.  there  are  other beings 
 in  the  universe.  there  is  life  out 
 there,  life  that  is  reaching  out  a 
 hand. and it's  time  to take that hand. 
 to reach out toward  that  hand and grab 
 it it. it is time to come home.  you are 
 going   home.   you  are   going  home." 
                                          
 the   singer  stands  there  for  a  few 
 moments, her  hand  raised in  the  air, 
 before the rest  of  the band  kicks  in 
 and the  music builds  to  a  crescendo. 
 the  crowd  erupts. and  then  something 
 else  erupts  as  well.  a  concert-goer 
 describes   it:  "suddenly,  the   music 
 seams  broader,  more  colorful.  i  can 
 somehow see it, and  i feel  the  others 
 seeing  it, and  i see it through  their 
 eyes  as  well.  meanwhile  i'm dancing, 
 and  i  can feel my  body as i've  never 
 done  before,  i am aware  of  each cell 
 and  each  molecule,  all  vibrating  in 
 unison.   and  it's  all  going  faster, 
 building  up to something,  waking  up." 
                                          
 people  start  forming circles,  holding 
 hands  and  dancing.  some  are  crying. 
 some  are laughing. some are  screaming. 
                                          
 and  then -  a  flutter  - and something 
 gives.   a    shockwave   of   reversing 
 polarity  in   the   ether,   and   like 
 butterflies getting hit  by  a  burst of 
 wind, the  third eye opens  for everyone 
 in the audience. and it becomes  a chain 
 reaction, quickly spreading  across  the 
 festival area.  within  seconds there is 
 a   global  blackout.   festival   goers 
 regain  their  memories  around  a  week 
 later,  those  in  the  nearby  town  of 
 black tickle   after  a  few   days,  in 
 montreal  for the  evening, the  rest of 
 america  maybe  an  hour.           
                                          
 and   thus,   the  population  of  earth 
 has  kind  of  left  it's  materialistic 
 baseline,  only   that   most   do   not 
 remember                             it. 
                                          
                                          
  
  * there's an interesting aspect to  
   the  "jupiter equinox"  act.  it   
    seems   there  was   never  any   
  jupiter equinox concerts before or  
  after the one in black tickle. the  
   lead  singer  (also  colloquially  
  referred to as  jupiter) seemed to  
  immediately  disappear (for a long  
  while she was thought to have been  
  a  cia  agent, but  a later  foia   
  release refuted this). for obvious  
  reasons, many were looking for any  
   trace  of  the  band,  but  none   
   were fruitful.                     
                                      
  recently, however, some  attention  
  has been drawn to juniper helding,  
  a sixteen year old pop singer from  
  england who  has a very  striking   
   similarity...